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> [!WARNING] INCOMPLETE RESEARCH
> This page is a placeholder and requires extensive additions. Difficulties have arisen from how common the name John Middleton is.
Worked on the team developing the original 1969 [[PROMIS]] under [[Joan E. Jacoby]], [[Charles R. Work]], and [[Bill Hamilton]].
### Possible John M. Middletons
John M. Middleton is a relatively common name. Even with sparse records from the 1960’s through 1980’s, there are several John M. Middletons working with or adjacent to the government or in STEM fields.
One appears to have worked for the DOE on nuclear projects[^1] in 1959 as part of Division 2543 (unclear what this is). This John was living in Nevada at the time and working at Sandia.
Another worked for the state department (ACTION(R-4)IO) as an International Operations Adviser[^2] (seemingly in the International Organization Affairs Section) in 1972. There was a state dept cable[^5] presumably referring to the same Middelton who was vetted to consult for UNESCO Program 40333.
Another was a LT in the navy as of 1964[^3] (this could be either of the previously mentioned Middleton’s as well).
One had a patent in 1962[^4]. There may also have been an agricultural engineer Middleton (perhaps with the patent), but the documentation is poor.
There was a John Middleton with a ham radio license living in Virginia in 1990 - call sign KC4LHC. Now living in Bethesda[^6]. Seems to be born in 1947[^7]. This seems like the best bet.
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#### Footnotes
category: "PROMIS Scandal"
created: 2024-04-25
updated: 2026-05-01
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
summary: "John M. Middleton was a member of the original 1969 PROMIS design team under Joan E. Jacoby, Charles R. Work, and Bill Hamilton; his subsequent career is difficult to trace due to the commonality of the name."
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John M. Middleton was a member of the team assembled in 1969 to design the [[PROMIS|Prosecutor's Management Information System]], working under co-directors [[Joan E. Jacoby]] and [[Charles R. Work]] with project manager [[Bill Hamilton]] at [[Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co]].[^1]
[^1]: [Pfeiffer Nuclear Weapon And National Security Archive](https://archive.org/details/PfeifferNuclearWeaponAndNationalSecurityArchive/Sandia%20Nuclear%20Weapon%20Laboratory%20Newsletters%201951-1997/Sandia%20Nuclear%20Weapon%20Laboratory%20Newsletters%201951%20to%201984/C226_Lab_News_06-26-59/page/n1/mode/2up?q=%22John+M.+Middleton%22)
[^2]: [List of Officers of the Department of State, Including the List of Ministers, Consuls, and Other Diplomatic and Commercial Agents of the United States in Foreign Countries](https://www.google.com/books/edition/List_of_Officers_of_the_Department_of_St/onbYHAZiIpUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22John+M.+Middleton%22&pg=RA7-PA71&printsec=frontcover)
[^3]: [Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Journal_of_the_Executive_Proceedings_of/lvgkHGJ2HzIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22John+M.+Middleton%22&pg=PA111&printsec=frontcover)
[^4]: [Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Official_Gazette_of_the_United_States_Pa/SmEbAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22John+M.+Middleton%22&pg=PA12&printsec=frontcover)
[^5]: [State Department Cable 1977-32753](https://archive.org/details/StateDeptcable1977-32753/mode/2up?q=%22John+M.+Middleton%22)
[^6]: [FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Bethesda, Maryland - Ham Radio](https://www.city-data.com/aradio/lic-Bethesda-Maryland.html)
[^7]: [KC4LHC, HamCall World-Wide Callsign Database](https://hamcall.net/call/KC4LHC)
His subsequent career has proven difficult to trace. John M. Middleton is a sufficiently common name that multiple individuals matching basic biographical parameters appear in government, STEM, and legal records from the 1960s through the 1990s, making positive identification of the PROMIS team member in later documents uncertain without additional corroborating details.
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.